Today's Features

We’ve often heard the adage, “Absence makes the heart grow fonder,” to be quickly followed by a disturbing caution, “Familiarity breeds contempt.”

When I hear those words, I find myself wondering if I am supposed to choose between the two. Or, am I somehow to incorporate them, integrate them into my understanding of humanity? And, there is no Alfie to offer a total, definitive response.

Celebrate 100 years of Boy Scouts by dancing and singing to live bluegrass music this weekend at Brunswick Community College.

Popular bluegrass acts The Hewlett’s Creek Boys, The Boys From Carolina and The Neighbors are scheduled to perform at The Boy Scout Bluegrass Jamboree 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, at Odell Williamson Auditorium on the campus of Brunswick Community College.

Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 the day of the show.

The Hewlett’s Creek Boys are a popular local band that has played at number of local bluegrass festivals and celebrations.

Tandoori chicken is an Indian dish marinated in yogurt, lemon juice and a mixture of some or all of the following spices: ginger, garlic, cumin, chili powder, coriander, turmeric, cayenne pepper, paprika and garam masala (if you can find it).

The marinated chicken is baked at a high heat using either wood or charcoal in an Indian Tandoor oven, a cylindrical oven made of clay. These ovens are typically used in India for baking many types of bread and also for roasting meat.

The Long Bay Garden Club has donated an outdoor tower clock to the town of Shallotte, dedicating it officially in a ceremony last week in Rourk Gardens.

The clock, from the Verdin clock company, is one of a number of projects the club has done to promote beautification and inspire civic pride in the South Brunswick Islands community since its inception in 1977.

“We wanted to do something the whole community could enjoy,” club secretary Birdie Frink said recently about the clock donation.

The gorgeous displays of spring-flowering bulbs are already showing up in garden shops and nurseries.

Go ahead and purchase your bulbs while the selection is still good but it’s too early to plant. Store them in the crisper of your refrigerator or in a cool, dark and dry place until you’re ready to plant.

You have decided you would like to plant a tree or two or three in your yard, but realize that you don’t have much room for a big tree. Think again, but think smaller.

You need never to feel restricted again with the use of these small problem solvers. You can organize a small space with tall, airy trees. When we enter a space, particularly a small or intimate space, we tend to look first horizontally, then vertically.